DOE SuperTruck Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Tue, 31 Mar 2015 18:39:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Daimler’s 12.2 MPG Supertruck Smashes DOE Fuel Efficiency Target https://www.greenoptimistic.com/daimler-supertruck-mpg/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/daimler-supertruck-mpg/#comments Tue, 31 Mar 2015 18:39:00 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=53983 The US Department of Energy (DOE) may not be looking for Optimus Prime, but they want his kind to be more fuel efficient.  In 2010, the DOE launched their SuperTruck Initiative which aims to “develop tractor-trailers that are 50% more efficient than baseline models by 2015.” Currently, Class 8 trucks, the typical tractor-trailer used for […]

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